OTTORINO RESPIGHI – COMPLETE SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO, VOL. I
Leonardo de Lisi, tenor
Reinild Mees, piano
Channel Classics CCS 9396
“(…)Excellent contribution from Reinild Mees, who succeeds to make clear a pro-Debussy characteristic of the accompaniment without being too intrusive. If you want
to notice the beautiful understanding between the two interpreters and their
sound charms, you just need to listen to Notturno, with the piano divided
between the glimmers of the high notes and the moving counterpart of the medium voices (…) Both musicians are excellently recorded.”
June 1997
“(…) A highly convincing interpretation of these beautiful Respighi Songs by the very musical Italian tenor Leonardo de Lisi and the equally accomplished Dutch pianist Reinild Mees (…)”
May 1997
Cd Classica
“(…) Accompanied by a magnificent professional, Dutch pianist Reinild Mees, De Lisi is able to bring out the real style of these songs. (….)”
Interpretation: excellent
Recording : excellent
August 1997
NRC Handelsblad
“(…) One can dream away on the strongly romantic moods of Ottorino Respighi’s songs. The rich, lyric voice of Leonardo de Lisi, combined with the excellent playing of pianist Reinild Mees, makes the ideal couple for interpreting this beautiful repertoire. (…)”
March 1997
“(…) a warm and dedicated performance.”
October 1997
Diapason
“(…) De Lisi’s warm voice, the perfect style and his musicality make this first collection a particularly important document, and let us hope for a great success of this project, for the very first time on CD.”
“(…) Reinild Mees is obviously as fond as de Lisi is. (…)”
June 1997
Musica
“Ottime il centributo della pianista Reinild Mees, che riesce a far emergere senza invadenze l’impostazione a tratti filodebussyana dell’accompagnamento. per accorgersi dell’intesa fra gli esecutori e del fascine sonoro che riescene a dispiegare setà sufficiente ascoltare Notturno, con il pianoforte diviso fra le indescenze del registro aculo e la commozione di un controcanto al registro medio, o la raccolta Deità Silvane, con l’instrecciarsi delle volute floreali canore ai disegni lussureggianti dello strumento.”
May 1997
Répertoire
“(…) Accompagnement sensible de Reinild Mees. Un bon disque.”
October 1997